Good morning!  I hope you’re having a fabulous day!  I managed to get the Husband up for an early morning bike ride.  It was glorious, and I’m so glad I have a biking buddy now!

I had a whole wheat bagel with 1/2 a banana and PB before our ride.

I saved the other half of the banana for a Green Monster smoothie I foresee in my future.  :)  We’re running low on groceries!

We drove to the near by Wekiva trail for our ride:

This trail is a-maz-ing because it’s so shady. 

We rode 12.0  miles.  This is my first ride since I completed my Metric Century bike race last weekend — 12.0 hours is a lot easier than 60.0 miles!  :) 

Remember how I mentioned that my hands hurt after my race last weekend?  My ring and pinkie fingers are still a little numb, and I think I’ve figured out why:

How NOT to hold onto your handlebar:

Straight arms and locked elbows = kiss of death.

Much better:

Relaxed, slightly bent elbows, and minimal grip is key!

• Duration: 1 hour
• Distance: 12.0 miles
• Calories Burned: 400 (estimate)

After the ride, we decided to look at a few more car dealerships since we were on the right side of town.  I didn’t plan our snacks very well (or at all) and we were both starving after the ride, so we stopped at a gas station for snacks.

I think this is the healthiest meal I’ve ever scrounged up at a gas station!

I got a Tropicana Light orange juice and a crunchy, cold apple:

Plus this new flavor of Kashi Crunch, which was DELICIOUS!

We only looked at three places, but again, no luck at the car dealerships.  I think the Husband might head out to do more shopping today, but I have some stuff to get down around the house so I’m going to pass until this evening. 

After putting away all of our bike gear and showering, I made a delicious and light "second lunch."

My salad:

The star was a roll of roasted tomato polenta!

My salad contained:

• 1 serving of baked polenta
• 1/4 cup dark white kidney beans
• lettuce
• carrots
• cucumber

SO good!

In Other News….

• Have you seen the Sunday Notes on OperationBeautiful.com?  They are great!
• If you want to be on OperationBeautiful.com, take an Operation Beautiful picture and send it to me at seebriderun@gmail.com!
• Check out Sam’s blog, Small Changes Add Up, for a fun interview!